Motoring. Reliability Run
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 8
Three of the Victorian contingent, of motorists who intend to tike part in the intend reliability run form Sydney Melbourne arrived in Sydney yesterday having driven overland from the Southern capital. The party included Mr. Rand and Mr. Proctor, in the former's car;…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 2
Sir,--It is amusing to read the letters of your correspondents on the above subject. It must be also humiliating to the servants of the commissioners, whoso honesty has been impugned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Lively Skirmishing. Japanese Cavalry Busy. Railway Bridges Destroyed. Raids Through Chinese' Territory. Japanese Repulsed. Warning to Baltic Fleet Colliers
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 5
LONDON, Wednesday.--French newspapers state that Japanese cavalry recently destroyed the railway bridge at Feng-lo-ting, between Harbin and Mukden…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 9
Margaret O'Dowd (53). a resident of Newtown was admitted to the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital last evening by Dr. Vernon, suffering from scalp wounds and chock to the system. She was…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 6
It is understood that the Railway Department has decided to construct a few specially-fitted cars to provide cold storage accommodation for perishable products. If the experiment is…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 February 1905 · page 6
As the result of the record Wheat harvest in Queensland, and the unprecedented rate at which the grain has been pouring in during the past fow weeks, the railway traffic at a number of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway and Tramway, Employees. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 8
Sir,—I would be glad if you could spare me space enough in your valuable paper to answer "Reform's" letter of the 15th instant re railway and tramway employees. He…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Tram Service Via Pittstreet. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 3
Sir,--I desire to draw your attention to the conduct of the service during the busiest hour of the day. i.e., between 5 and 6 o'clock in the evening. I venture to say, should this service…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 5
The Minister for Mines and Agriculture has received a cable message from Mr. Valder, the commercial agent for New South Wales in Capetown, stating the Cape railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling and Motoring. Don Walker's Accident
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 5
The fall sustained by Walker, the Victorian crack, at the late Melbourne meeting has turned out more severe that was at first anticipated, and as the swelling at the kn[?] is not yet gone, it is now thought by…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 5
Already, as the time for the big Dunlop reliability contest draws near, batches of cars are arriving daily, some of them hating undertaken the journey by land, and others by sea or rail. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rose and Watson's Bays Trams. to the Editor of the Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 8
Sir,—It may prove interesting at this juncture of the controversy on tram fares to note the difference between the amount charged on some lines and that charged on the Rose…
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The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 1
The Railway Commissioners left Sydney last night for Newcastle, and are to-day inquiring into various local matters of interest and importance to the dwellers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jumping on Trams. Newsboys Fined at the Central
The Australian Star · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 4
It was explained by inspector Wigg, of the Tramway Department, who prosecuted some boys at the Central this morning for jumping on trams while in motion, that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motoring. Sydney to Melbourne by Motor Car. Dunlop Reliability Trial
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 8
The majority of the Victorian owners of motors and competitors who have yet to arrive are on board the R.M.S. Oceana, which left Moubourne on Wednesday for Sydney, and will arrive this morning. A telegram…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hobart Conference. Debts Question Deadlock. Queensland Ministers Resolute. Some Hot Words Used. Lute Railway Tasses Defined. Position of State Governors
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 5
HOBART, Thursday.--The debts question got a stage nearer settlement to-day, and then it was blocked by Queensland. The joint conference met at 10 o'clock and debated the State…
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The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 February 1905 · page 6
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--The Victorian section of the scheme recently agreed upon for the readjustment of competitive railway rales, affecting the States of New South Wales, South…
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Evening News · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2
"X Ray" writes:—The advocates of that mammoth "wild cat" scheme—the North Shore Bridge—are bestirring themselves, and the Government is to be urged to carry out the work…
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Evening News · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3
SINGLETON, Saturday.—Mr. F. H. B. Turner, manager at Rockhampton for Dalgety and Company, left Sydney by the Brisbane mail train, last evening, apparently in good health…
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Evening News · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 3
TAMWORTH, Saturday.—There was an extraordinary fall of rain at Danglemah Siding, near Tamworth, last night, 5 inches being recorded. The water interfered with the railway line for…
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